Uriel da Veiga
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Uriel Galdino da Veiga Fontoura | ||
Date of birth | August 28, 1940 | ||
Place of birth | Niteroi, Brazil | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1967–1968 | Baltimore Bays | 31 | (4) |
1970–1972 | Atlanta Chiefs | 61 | (1) |
1973 | Atlanta Apollos | 15 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Uriel Da Veiga (born August 28, 1940) is a retired Brazilian football (soccer) player who played professionally in the North American Soccer League and National Professional Soccer League.
In 1967, Da Viega signed with the Baltimore Bays of the National Professional Soccer League. In 1969, the NPSL merged with the United Soccer Association to form the North American Soccer League. Da Viega and his team mates spent the 1968 season in the NASL. In 1970, he joined the Atlanta Chiefs and remained with the team through the 1973 season. That last season, the team was known as the Atlanta Apollos after the team was renamed by new ownership.
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- 1940 births
- Living people
- Atlanta Chiefs players
- Baltimore Bays players
- Brazilian footballers
- Brazilian expatriate footballers
- National Professional Soccer League (1967) players
- North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Association football defenders
- Brazilian football defender stubs